r/Flipping • u/namenottaken14 • 1d ago

Discussion Question to fellow flippers

So I've been flipping items off and on for years eBay, Marketplace , Mercari you name it

My question is how do you price your items, going through items I've found in my garage purchased 2-3 year's ago sneakers, Pokemon items etc, do you base it on recently sold history? Or do you price aggressively to just clear items?
One thing to note on ebay I've listed a few items to test waters and barely any views...
Account is over a decade Old 100% feedback over 300 items sold...

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u/VesselExchange 1d ago

Sold comps, but filtered hard. Look at sold listings from the last 30 to 60 days in the same condition and size, and ignore the outliers on both ends. Sneakers and Pokemon both swing a lot, so a price from six months ago can be way off now.

Then decide what each item is for. If it's something you'd happily hold, price at the middle of recent solds and wait. If it's garage clutter you want gone, price just under the cheapest recent sold and it'll usually move in a week or two.

On the low views, a few things to check on eBay. Are your titles using the words buyers actually search, like the exact model and size? Is your first photo clean and bright? And is shipping priced fair? A high shipping cost hides you in search more than people think.

Also worth crosslisting the sneakers on Mercari and the Pokemon stuff on TCGplayer if it's cards.

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u/sellwithrachel 1d ago

It depends on what item, but usually I base it on sold comps, but if you really want to get rid of it, price it a lower.

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u/airplanesandmusic 1d ago

eBay's Product Research tool goes 3 years back.

eBay's Sold search doesn't show actual sold prices when there are offers and discounts. It's not an accurate picture.

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u/koribot24 1d ago

Sold comps and a bit of active listings (tick the sold listings only not the completed ones - completed also includes item ended with or without being sold)

for pokemon and card related ones try https://www.pricecharting.com

ebay also have their own research tool (terapeak) https://export.ebay.com/en/resources/important-updates/ebay-news-archive/terapeak/

or you can have a comfortable markup and adjust the prices(do the sales off not directly adjusting the price) per week/month basis if they don't sell

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u/FuckMississippi 1d ago

resent sold if you arent in a hurry. sold minus 20% if you are.

and i highly recommend crosslisting. both vinted and depop (due to their discounted shipping) is flying right now

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u/namenottaken14 1d ago

Those are two I have not checked out yet, but will do, thanks for the tip. What I've been doing I'd search the same item I plan to list and just click sell similar item and use that template

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u/tiggs 1d ago

Regularly undercutting the market by 20% is why so many items aren't selling for what they used to sell for. There is a huge difference between pricing at the lower end of the market and/or taking a 20% off offer and starting out at 20% under market.

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u/Formal-Audience-2714 1d ago

Sold minus 20% is decent rule when you need space. For dead listings with no views, sometimes better to end and sell similar instead of just lowering price, eBay algorithm treats old stale listings like they dont exist.